NVDL: I'm thinking it's originating in Zimbabwe and spreading via rain run-off to some extent and humans-on-the-move to everywhere else. To tackle this the Health System in Zim has to be fixed or administered by the UN.
Cholera deaths in Zambia have reached 28 as the southern African nation battles to contain about 2,000 reported cases of cholera, according to radio reports today.
Ministry of Health spokesman Cannisius Banda told a private radio programme that traffic from neighbouring Zimbabwe and poor water and sanitation systems, mainly in Zambia’s peripheral urban areas have contributed to the spread of the water-borne disease.
Banda said Zambia had assessed the cholera situation in Zimbabwe and, rather than close its border, would assist patients from Zimbabwe in border areas with drugs and foods.
More than 30,000 people have become infected.
Another of Zimbabwe’s neighbours, South Africa, today reported 2,000 infected and 13 dead from cholera.
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clipped from www.thetimes.co.za
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